Released: September 20, 2004
Songwriter: Green Day
Producer: Rob Cavallo
[Verse 1]
He hit the ground running at the speed of light
The star was brightly shining like a neon light
[Chorus]
It's your favorite son
It's your favorite son
[Verse 2]
A fixture on the talkshows to the silver-screen
From here to Colorado, he's a sex machine!
[Chorus]
It's your favorite son
It's your favorite son
[Post-Chorus]
But isn't it a drag? But isn't it a drag?
But isn't it a drag? It's pretty, but it's sad, but isn't it a drag?
[Verse 3]
A clean-cut all-American really ain't so clean
His royal auditorium, it's a murder scene!
[Chorus]
It's your favorite son
It's your favorite son
[Post-Chorus]
But isn't it a drag? But isn't it a drag?
But isn't it a drag? It's pretty, but it's sad, but isn't it a drag?
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Well no one says it's fair
To turn a teenage lush to a millionaire
Now where's your fucking champion on a bed you made?
He's not the all-American that you thought you paid!
[Chorus]
It's your favorite son
It's your favorite son
[Outro]
But isn't it a drag?
He hit the ground running at the speed of light
The star was brightly shining like a neon light
[Chorus]
It's your favorite son
It's your favorite son
[Verse 2]
A fixture on the talkshows to the silver-screen
From here to Colorado, he's a sex machine!
[Chorus]
It's your favorite son
It's your favorite son
[Post-Chorus]
But isn't it a drag? But isn't it a drag?
But isn't it a drag? It's pretty, but it's sad, but isn't it a drag?
[Verse 3]
A clean-cut all-American really ain't so clean
His royal auditorium, it's a murder scene!
[Chorus]
It's your favorite son
It's your favorite son
[Post-Chorus]
But isn't it a drag? But isn't it a drag?
But isn't it a drag? It's pretty, but it's sad, but isn't it a drag?
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Well no one says it's fair
To turn a teenage lush to a millionaire
Now where's your fucking champion on a bed you made?
He's not the all-American that you thought you paid!
[Chorus]
It's your favorite son
It's your favorite son
[Outro]
But isn't it a drag?
American Idiot [Japan Bonus Tracks]
- Jesus of Suburbia
- American Idiot
- Favorite Son
- American Idiot (Live In Japan)
- Jesus of Suburbia (Live In Japan)
- Holiday (Live In Japan)
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Live In Japan)
- Are We the Waiting (Live In Japan)
- St. Jimmy (Live In Japan)
- Whatsername
- Homecoming
- Wake Me Up When September Ends
- Holiday
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
- Are We the Waiting
- St. Jimmy
- Give Me Novacaine
- She’s a Rebel
- Extraordinary Girl
- Letterbomb
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Radio Edit
- Cigarettes and Valentines (2003)
- Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 (2004)
- American Idiot [Japan Bonus Tracks] (2004)
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
- American Idiot
- Holiday
- Basket Case
- Wake Me Up When September Ends
- Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
- 21 Guns
- Jesus of Suburbia
- Brain Stew
- Bang Bang
- Longview
- When I Come Around
- Homecoming
- She
- Whatsername
- Are We the Waiting
- Father of All...
- Letterbomb
- Still Breathing
- St. Jimmy
- Give Me Novacaine
- Welcome to Paradise
- 21st Century Breakdown
- Coming Clean